97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5802

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Paul Evans

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 655/5.3  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 608

    Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that, beginning in calendar year 2012 and until December 31, 2016, an additional 50 enterprise zones may be certified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Effective immediately.


LRB097 18207 HLH 63431 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5802LRB097 18207 HLH 63431 b

1    AN ACT concerning economic development.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by
5changing Section 5.3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 655/5.3)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 608)
7    Sec. 5.3. Certification of Enterprise Zones; Effective
8date.
9    (a) Approval of designated Enterprise Zones shall be made
10by the Department by certification of the designating
11ordinance. The Department shall promptly issue a certificate
12for each Enterprise Zone upon its approval. The certificate
13shall be signed by the Director of the Department, shall make
14specific reference to the designating ordinance, which shall be
15attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the
16Secretary of State. A certified copy of the Enterprise Zone
17Certificate, or a duplicate original thereof, shall be recorded
18in the office of recorder of deeds of the county in which the
19Enterprise Zone lies.
20    (b) An Enterprise Zone shall be effective upon its
21certification. The Department shall transmit a copy of the
22certification to the Department of Revenue, and to the
23designating municipality or county.

 

 

HB5802- 2 -LRB097 18207 HLH 63431 b

1    Upon certification of an Enterprise Zone, the terms and
2provisions of the designating ordinance shall be in effect, and
3may not be amended or repealed except in accordance with
4Section 5.4.
5    (c) An Enterprise Zone shall be in effect for 30 calendar
6years, or for a lesser number of years specified in the
7certified designating ordinance. Enterprise Zones shall
8terminate at midnight of December 31 of the final calendar year
9of the certified term, except as provided in Section 5.4.
10    (d) No more than 12 Enterprise Zones may be certified by
11the Department in calendar year 1984, no more than 12
12Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar
13year 1985, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be certified by
14the Department in calendar year 1986, no more than 15
15Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar
16year 1987, and no more than 20 Enterprise Zones may be
17certified by the Department in calendar year 1990. In other
18calendar years, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be
19certified by the Department. The Department may also designate
20up to 8 additional Enterprise Zones outside the regular
21application cycle if warranted by the extreme economic
22circumstances as determined by the Department. The Department
23may also designate one additional Enterprise Zone outside the
24regular application cycle if an aircraft manufacturer agrees to
25locate an aircraft manufacturing facility in the proposed
26Enterprise Zone. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

 

 

HB5802- 3 -LRB097 18207 HLH 63431 b

1Act, no more than 89 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the
2Department for the 10 calendar years commencing with 1983. The
37 additional Enterprise Zones authorized by Public Act 86-15
4shall not lie within municipalities or unincorporated areas of
5counties that abut or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones
6certified pursuant to this Section prior to June 30, 1989. The
77 additional Enterprise Zones (excluding the additional
8Enterprise Zone which may be designated outside the regular
9application cycle) authorized by Public Act 86-1030 shall not
10lie within municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties
11that abut or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified
12pursuant to this Section prior to February 28, 1990. Beginning
13in calendar year 2004 and until December 31, 2008, one
14additional enterprise zone may be certified by the Department.
15Beginning in calendar year 2012 and until December 31, 2016, an
16additional 50 enterprise zones may be certified by the
17Department. In any calendar year, the Department may not
18certify more than 3 Zones located within the same municipality.
19The Department may certify Enterprise Zones in each of the 10
20calendar years commencing with 1983. The Department may not
21certify more than a total of 18 Enterprise Zones located within
22the same county (whether within municipalities or within
23unincorporated territory) for the 10 calendar years commencing
24with 1983. Thereafter, the Department may not certify any
25additional Enterprise Zones, but may amend and rescind
26certifications of existing Enterprise Zones in accordance with

 

 

HB5802- 4 -LRB097 18207 HLH 63431 b

1Section 5.4.
2    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if (i) the
3county board of any county in which a current military base is
4located, in part or in whole, or in which a military base that
5has been closed within 20 years of the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of 1998 is located, in part or in whole, adopts
7a designating ordinance in accordance with Section 5 of this
8Act to designate the military base in that county as an
9enterprise zone and (ii) the property otherwise meets the
10qualifications for an enterprise zone as prescribed in Section
114 of this Act, then the Department may certify the designating
12ordinance or ordinances, as the case may be.
13(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-777, eff. 1-1-03; 93-436,
14eff. 1-1-04.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.